School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
179
Highest
1.22 GPIA
Tonga
Lowest
0.6159 GPIA
Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
Median
1.05 GPIA
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
12,738

What the numbers show

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 179 countries. The highest value is 1.22 GPIA in Tonga; the lowest is 0.6159 GPIA in Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.05 GPIA, and the mean is 1.02 GPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 139 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen, Republic of (up 59.3%), and the largest decrease in Bermuda (down 7.4%).

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tonga 1.22 GPIA 2023 rising
1 Anguilla, United Kingdom-British Overseas Territory 1.02 GPIA 2008 up 0.6% flat
2 Senegal 1.2 GPIA 2023 up 17.5% rising
3 Kuwait 1.18 GPIA 2015 up 6.4% rising
4 Argentina 1.18 GPIA 2023 up 3.8% rising
5 Sweden 1.16 GPIA 2024 up 2.7% flat
6 Qatar 1.16 GPIA 2024 up 2.1% falling
7 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 1.16 GPIA 2008 up 6.1% rising
8 Dominican Republic 1.15 GPIA 2024 up 7.7% rising
9 Uruguay 1.14 GPIA 2023 rising
10 Jamaica 1.14 GPIA 2015 up 4.1% rising
11 Seychelles 1.14 GPIA 2024 up 6.3% rising
12 Mongolia 1.13 GPIA 2023 up 4.1% flat
13 Barbados 1.13 GPIA 2024 down 2.0% rising
14 Puerto Rico 1.12 GPIA 2023 up 1.5% flat
15 Iceland 1.12 GPIA 2023 up 0.7% rising
16 Finland 1.12 GPIA 2024 up 3.4% flat
17 Croatia 1.12 GPIA 2023 up 3.9% rising
18 St. Kitts and Nevis 1.12 GPIA 2015 up 6.5% rising
19 Palestine 1.11 GPIA 2023 up 3.7% rising
20 Bhutan 1.11 GPIA 2024 up 1.4% rising
21 Antigua and Barbuda 1.11 GPIA 2012 up 1.7% flat
22 Belgium 1.11 GPIA 2023 up 1.1% flat
23 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.11 GPIA 2023 up 3.4% rising
24 Honduras 1.11 GPIA 2024 up 2.5% rising
25 Poland 1.11 GPIA 2024 up 1.1% flat
26 United States 1.11 GPIA 2022 up 1.6% rising
27 Cyprus 1.1 GPIA 2024 up 3.7% rising
28 Marshall Islands, Republic of the 1.1 GPIA 2024 up 4.6% rising
29 Estonia 1.1 GPIA 2024 up 0.1% flat
30 Cuba 1.1 GPIA 2024 up 3.2% rising
31 Bangladesh 1.1 GPIA 2024 up 8.3% rising
32 Malta 1.1 GPIA 2023 up 4.7% rising
33 Cabo Verde 1.1 GPIA 2018 up 3.3% rising
34 Bahrain, Kingdom of 1.1 GPIA 2024 down 1.2% rising
35 Tunisia 1.1 GPIA 2016 up 2.9% rising
36 Slovenia 1.1 GPIA 2023 up 1.5% flat
37 Norway 1.09 GPIA 2024 up 2.6% flat
38 Latvia 1.09 GPIA 2024 up 2.4% flat
39 British Virgin Islands 1.09 GPIA 2024 up 8.0% falling
40 Guyana 1.09 GPIA 2024 up 4.4% rising
41 Monaco 1.09 GPIA 2024 up 3.3% flat
42 Namibia 1.09 GPIA 2022 up 2.1% rising
43 Lebanon 1.09 GPIA 2019 up 2.6% rising
44 Bermuda 1.09 GPIA 2023 down 7.4% rising
45 Brazil 1.09 GPIA 2024 up 3.5% flat
46 Oman 1.09 GPIA 2024 down 0.5% rising
47 Panama 1.09 GPIA 2016 down 0.7% rising
48 Kyrgyz Republic 1.08 GPIA 2025 up 4.9% rising
49 Montenegro 1.08 GPIA 2023 up 2.7% flat
50 Mauritius 1.08 GPIA 2024 up 4.2% rising
51 Aruba, Kingdom of the Netherlands 1.08 GPIA 2024 up 3.6% rising
52 Algeria 1.08 GPIA 2024 up 2.5% flat
53 Mexico 1.08 GPIA 2024 up 6.3% rising
54 St. Lucia 1.08 GPIA 2023 up 1.5% flat
55 Moldova 1.08 GPIA 2024 up 3.1% flat
56 Thailand 1.08 GPIA 2025 up 0.8% rising
57 El Salvador 1.08 GPIA 2024 up 6.9% rising
58 Myanmar 1.08 GPIA 2018 down 4.4% rising
59 Romania 1.08 GPIA 2023 up 2.4% flat
60 Sri Lanka 1.07 GPIA 2023 up 1.6% rising
61 Australia 1.07 GPIA 2024 up 4.4% rising
62 Spain 1.07 GPIA 2024 up 3.4% flat
63 Brunei Darussalam 1.07 GPIA 2023 down 2.1% flat
64 Lesotho, Kingdom of 1.07 GPIA 2017 up 4.5% falling
65 Ecuador 1.07 GPIA 2023 up 1.3% flat
66 Malaysia 1.07 GPIA 2024 down 3.6% rising
67 Canada 1.07 GPIA 2023 up 1.0% flat
68 Slovak Republic 1.07 GPIA 2024 down 0.6% flat
69 Lithuania 1.07 GPIA 2024 up 0.6% flat
70 Suriname 1.07 GPIA 2021 flat
71 Austria 1.07 GPIA 2024 up 2.9% flat
72 Jordan 1.07 GPIA 2024 up 0.1% rising
73 Kazakhstan, Republic of 1.07 GPIA 2025 up 2.2% rising
74 Italy 1.06 GPIA 2023 up 1.2% flat
75 Paraguay 1.06 GPIA 2011 up 4.6% rising
76 France 1.06 GPIA 2024 up 1.7% flat
77 Belize 1.06 GPIA 2024 up 1.7% flat
78 Denmark 1.06 GPIA 2024 down 1.2% flat
79 North Macedonia, Republic of 1.06 GPIA 2023 up 4.0% rising
80 Israel 1.06 GPIA 2024 up 0.8% flat
81 United Kingdom 1.06 GPIA 2023 up 0.9% flat
82 Czechia 1.06 GPIA 2023 down 2.0% rising
83 Burundi 1.06 GPIA 2025 up 9.2% rising
84 Bulgaria 1.06 GPIA 2024 up 3.0% flat
85 Costa Rica 1.06 GPIA 2019 up 2.1% flat
86 Grenada 1.06 GPIA 2018 down 2.0% flat
87 Albania 1.06 GPIA 2024 up 2.9% rising
88 Serbia, Republic of 1.05 GPIA 2024 down 1.1% flat
89 Netherlands 1.05 GPIA 2023 up 5.1% rising
90 South Africa 1.05 GPIA 2023 up 1.5% flat
91 Burkina Faso 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 14.7% rising
92 Botswana 1.05 GPIA 2021 up 5.5% falling
93 New Zealand 1.05 GPIA 2024 down 3.0% flat
94 Armenia 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 3.0% flat
95 Hungary 1.04 GPIA 2024 down 0.5% flat
96 United Arab Emirates 1.04 GPIA 2024 up 2.3% falling
97 Portugal 1.04 GPIA 2023 up 1.8% flat
98 Morocco 1.04 GPIA 2024 up 11.6% rising
99 Trinidad and Tobago 1.04 GPIA 2004 up 3.2% flat
100 Libya 1.04 GPIA 2003 rising
101 Saudi Arabia 1.04 GPIA 2024 down 6.6% rising
102 Ireland 1.04 GPIA 2022 up 4.0% flat
103 Samoa 1.04 GPIA 2000 flat
104 Colombia 1.03 GPIA 2022 down 0.5% flat
105 Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 1.03 GPIA 2024 down 2.9% rising
106 Nicaragua 1.03 GPIA 2023 rising
107 Philippines 1.03 GPIA 2024 down 2.0% flat
108 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.03 GPIA 2021 up 6.8% rising
109 Guatemala 1.03 GPIA 2023 up 7.9% rising
110 Indonesia 1.03 GPIA 2023 up 2.8% rising
111 China (People’s Republic of) 1.03 GPIA 2012 up 2.0% rising
112 Uzbekistan, Republic of 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 5.3% flat
113 Chile 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 0.8% rising
114 Belarus, Republic of 1.03 GPIA 2024 down 3.3% flat
115 India 1.02 GPIA 2025 down 1.4% rising
116 Cambodia 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 1.9% rising
117 Madagascar, Republic of 1.02 GPIA 2019 up 4.5% rising
118 Luxembourg 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 0.6% flat
119 Malawi 1.02 GPIA 2021 up 5.5% rising
120 Switzerland 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 2.7% rising
121 Greece 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 3.6% flat
122 Georgia 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 3.6% rising
123 Nepal 1.02 GPIA 2024 down 2.0% rising
124 Russian Federation 1.02 GPIA 2023 down 3.2% flat
125 Andorra, Principality of 1.02 GPIA 2024 down 0.1% flat
126 Azerbaijan, Republic of 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 1.6% flat
127 Germany 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 3.3% flat
128 Singapore 1.01 GPIA 2023 down 0.1% rising
129 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.01 GPIA 2022 up 0.6% rising
130 Turkmenistan 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 1.8% flat
131 Ghana 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 8.3% rising
132 Peru 1 GPIA 2017 up 2.1% rising
133 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.4% flat
134 Türkiye 1 GPIA 2023 up 4.5% rising
135 Côte d'Ivoire 1 GPIA 2024 up 19.3% rising
136 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 0.9992 GPIA 2015 down 2.3% flat
137 Egypt, Arab Republic of 0.9958 GPIA 2024 up 2.2% rising
138 Rwanda 0.9957 GPIA 2024 up 3.1% rising
139 Japan 0.9955 GPIA 2023 up 1.2% flat
140 San Marino, Republic of 0.9899 GPIA 2024 down 5.2% falling
141 Syrian Arab Republic 0.9799 GPIA 2013 up 4.5% rising
142 Congo, Republic of 0.9738 GPIA 2012 up 13.4% rising
143 Korea 0.9697 GPIA 2024 up 5.2% rising
144 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 0.9669 GPIA 2020 up 3.0% rising
145 Kenya 0.9612 GPIA 2023 up 2.9% rising
146 Ukraine 0.9606 GPIA 2024 down 6.7% flat
147 Pakistan 0.957 GPIA 2024 up 15.1% rising
148 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.9567 GPIA 2023 up 5.0% rising
149 Zimbabwe 0.9527 GPIA 2013 up 1.3% flat
150 Vietnam 0.9429 GPIA 2022 up 3.8% falling
151 Gabon 0.938 GPIA 1999 down 0.7% rising
152 Uganda 0.9334 GPIA 2004 up 7.8% rising
153 Sudan 0.9308 GPIA 2015 up 2.9% flat
154 Fiji, Republic of 0.9274 GPIA 2024 flat
155 Vanuatu 0.9214 GPIA 2004 down 2.1% flat
156 Eswatini, Kingdom of 0.9158 GPIA 2013 up 0.7% flat
157 Mozambique, Republic of 0.9095 GPIA 2017 up 9.3% rising
158 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 0.8998 GPIA 2012 up 31.3% rising
159 Cameroon 0.8995 GPIA 2023 up 5.2% rising
160 Nigeria 0.8875 GPIA 2011 up 8.8% rising
161 Benin 0.8774 GPIA 2022 up 15.2% rising
162 Liechtenstein 0.8738 GPIA 2021 up 3.6% flat
163 Togo 0.8423 GPIA 2017 up 15.5% rising
164 Zambia 0.8359 GPIA 1988 up 3.8% rising
165 Mali 0.835 GPIA 2017 up 10.6% rising
166 Tajikistan, Republic of 0.8318 GPIA 2013 up 10.5% rising
167 Eritrea, The State of 0.8266 GPIA 2015 up 21.9% rising
168 Niger 0.8113 GPIA 2017 up 14.4% rising
169 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.7925 GPIA 2013 up 12.0% rising
170 Guinea 0.7563 GPIA 2014 up 15.5% rising
171 Djibouti 0.7516 GPIA 2004 up 2.5% rising
172 Iraq 0.7473 GPIA 2004 up 0.7% rising
173 Sierra Leone 0.7404 GPIA 2001 rising
174 Yemen, Republic of 0.7336 GPIA 2011 up 59.3% rising
175 Liberia 0.6999 GPIA 2000 rising
176 Central African Republic 0.698 GPIA 2012 rising
177 Chad 0.68 GPIA 2015 up 14.7% rising
178 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 0.6159 GPIA 2018 up 4.9% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
400 places, 12,738 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release